Flanged type



Nov. 24, 1925- P. DIXON FLANGED TYPE Filed June 30. 1924 I 4 /4 1% A3 X5/5 A? gwwmtd "Iii TIM q-M' Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,563,265 PATENT OFFICE,

IPAUL DIXON, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

FLANGED TYPE.

Application filed June 30, 1924. Serial No. 723,328

To all 10 7mm it may concern Be it known that 1, PAUL DIXON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton andState of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlanged Type; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same.

The present invention relates to type for printing or the like, and moreparticularly in simulation of engraving and to that kind of type adaptedfor script or other joined letter printing.

An object of this invention is to provide a type having a flange whichis supportable upon a separate base, or which may be weldcd or otherwisesecured in a block.

Another object of this invention is to provide a type which is composedof a relatively small amount of metal, or other material, thus reducingthe space occupied by the shank between the alignment bars, therebyproviding a more solid printing base for supporting type heads.

A further object of this invention is to provide a type which whenmolded or clamped into a predetermined group will produce the effect ofhand engraving at a considerably lower cost.

A still further object of this invention is to provide type which may bejoined together in such a manner as to make it difficult to distinguishthe jointure between the t e.

21 further object of the invention is to provide a type member with arelatively thin shank and a flanged head so that when rows of the typeare used the depending portions or tails of the type in the upper rowmay overlap the upstanding ends of the high letters of the lower row andpermit the mounting of the shanks of the type members in the usualspaced apart position of engraving.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described in, and in part be understood from, thefollowing detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, thesame being illustrated in the accompanying drawin g, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a series of line spacers with a number oftype constructed according to this invention mounted therebetween, theview showing the overlapping feature of some of the vertically extendedletters.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section of a card or paper illustrating aparticular style of printing produced by the type of this invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation of a type member, the upper portion ofwhich is elongated so as to accommodate a large character.

Fig. 4 is a detail end elevation of a type member, the face of which isrelatively small to accommodate a small character.

Fig. 5 is a detail front elevation of a type member, and I Fig. 6 is aperspective view showing particularly the joining portions of thecharacter.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a plurality of spacer bars whichform one type of base adapted for use with type 11, which permit thetype to be clamped in groups or in blocks, and set up in any form ofprinting machine adapted for this partic ular class of work, or what iscommonly termed job printing. The type member 11 has a shank 12 ofdouble thick metal returned upon itself, and at its free ends havingoutwardly extending flanges 13, the length of the flanges beingdependent upon the size of the character or letter 14 which is securedthereto.

The type which are generally used for printing purposes are usually castin one piece, but heretofore it has not been found practical to use typeof script or the like character in view of the fact that numer- 9 ouscharacters, both upper and lower case, extend either above or below thegeneral line of printing, which has made it impossible to use separatetype members for this class of printing without making excessive andunproportionate spaces between the lines. The type members illustratedherein are adapted to be formed either in the form of words or separateletters. The body portion of the letter or word 14- is prefer ably cutor etched out as at 15, and may be constructed of metal, wood or thelike, dependent only upon the quality or style of printing desired. Thegeneral outline of the word or letter is also cut away as at 16 so asnot only to reduce the weight of the type member, but also to permit theelongated flanges of letters or characters to overlap as at 17, and thuspermit the lines of type members to be placed relatively close to eachother. This overlapping teature has heretofore been confined to handengraved plates, which it will be appreci ated are expensive toconstruct, and when the plate is once cut it cannot be materiallyaltered.

As Will be noted from the drawing the separate type members are arrangedso that when they are grouped to form a word, a connection is termedbetr-ieen adjacent letters to gi 'e the appearance of joined letters.This connection is termed at 18 by what is termed a hair line connectionso that no matter What combination of letters is used the assembledgroup bears the out- Ward appearance of being solidly joined. together,the hair line being continuous "from the body part o't' one letter tothe body part of the adjoining letter.

In order to provide spaces between the groups of letters the shank 12with the outwardly extending flanges 11- is used, the

Width of the shank 12 and the length of the flanges 13 corresponding tothe space desired, the opposite edges of the flanges being preferablycut away as at 19 so that the edge of the adjacent letter will restiirn'ily against the edge of the spacer and prevent lateral movement oi"the type members. The carrying or supporting portions of the type, suchas the shank 12 and the head flanges 13, may be otherwise constructedthan as above specifically brought out to meet varying conditions ofuse, and may be made from Wood, celluloid or the like, and may also varyin structure and configurat'ion.

lt is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications maybe made in the details of construction and design of the abovespecifically described ell'lbotlil'l'lelli; oi

the invention Without departing from the spirit thereof, such changesand modifications being restricted only by the scope of the followingclaims.

What is claimed is:

1. A printing type member adapted to simulate engraving, con'iprising astrip of uniform thickness returned upon itself to provide a flat doublethick shank and being bent oppositely and outwardly at the inner end oithe shank to provide outwardly extending flanges, a body portion securedacross said flanges, and a character cut out of said body portion, saidbody portion being of substantially the configuration of said character.

2. A printing type member adapted to simulate engraving, comprising ashank, outwardly extending flanges secured to said shank, a body portionsecured to said flanges, a character cut in relief in said body portionand having at one side an outwardly extending line adapted to n'icet thecharacter of an adjacent type member and form therewith a continuousWord or group of type l'llfilllbfil's.

3. A printing type member adapted to simulate engraving, comprising abody parthaving a characcr in relief thereon and having a connectinghair line leading from one side oi the character to the adjacentabutting edge of the body part and said body part at its other abuttingedge having a marginal configuration closely approaching the generaloutline of the character in relief whereby when a number of the typemembers are assembled in line the characters in relief providepractically a continuous and uninterrupted chancter line from end to endof the series.

PAUL DIXON.

